Timeline
Birth- Mar 19, 1922
Johnstown Pennsylvania
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 23 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Awards
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Rank
Ensign, U.S. Navy
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Service Number
0-395332
Served For
United States of America
Gold Star
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger Pilot
Stationed- 1944
Alameda, Fallon, Kahului Hawaii
USS Bennington (CV-20)
"Reformed" Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Enlistment- Jun 30, 1942-Age: 20 years
Registration date Johnstown Pennsylvania
Casualty- Jul 10, 1945-Age: 23 years
Japanese AA guns
Near Hyakurigahara Airfield (about 50 miles NE of Tokyo)
Death- Jul 11, 1946
Death
11-Jul-46
Jul 10, 1945
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
MIA 10 July 1945 (1946 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Other Facts
Full Name
Robert Haughton
Also Known As
Bob
Father
John Haughton
Full Name
Robert J. Haughton
Mother
Anna Haughton
Sibling
Ethel M. Haughton
State Of Residence
Pennsylvania
Marriage
LaVerne Haughton